440	NOX-VTOLENCE   IN   PEACE  AND  WAR
intelligence and human conscience. That, indeed, is the
reason why your example concerning the monkeys has
scarcely convinced me as an explanation of your conduct
towards the Zulus, the Boers, and the Central Powers.
Just while preparing this letter I heard that your
intimate friend, the Rev. G. F. Andrews, had arrived at
Geneva. In the course of a conversation I had with him,
you and your work, you may be sure, were the principal
topic of discussion, the more so as he was engaged in the
composition of a book on your conception of the world and
your ideas concerning life and morality, from the point of
view of Swaraj. During those unforgettable hours, he
described to me your life, spoke to me of your devotion to
India, a work which seemed to be extending more and
more until finally its influence should embrace J,he universe.
You, who desired only to be a simple servant of India, have
become, little by little, one of the moral leaders of the
world.
You feel it yourself. Only a short time ago you sent to
the White peoples, through an American press bureau, a
statement, published even in the Journal de Geneva, saying
that you reject official Christianity in the name of the mes-
sage of Jesus as you understand it in his Sermon on the
Mount. Since the memorable letter which Tolstoy sent to
you in 1909, we Western peoples recognize more and more
our need of you, of your traditions, of your nation. As I wrote
you previously, we owe to you some experiences decisive
for the world's future.
What more gladsome news than to learn from the
mouth of your own friend that it is possible, not to say
certain, that you may come to Europe soon? You will
understand how much I am hoping to see you, in order that
we may be able to discuss thoroughly our respective points
of view. In the meantime, I shall continue to study your
ideas as well as the important book of Mr. Andrews, who is
trying, for the first time, to make Western nations under-
stand how your religious point of view dominates your
ideas and your acts,
Totmg Indie, 2-5-1929